Unnecessary appendix surgery 'performed on thousands in UK'

Unnecessary appendix surgery 'performed on thousands in UK'

Thousands of people in the UK, particularly young women, are having their appendices removed unnecessarily because of inadequacies in the way appendicitis is diagnosed, surgeons say.

A study has found that almost a third of women and 12% of men in the UK who undergo surgery for suspected appendicitis end up having a normal appendix removed. The Guardian

See also:

• Women needlessly having their appendix out in almost one in three cases The Telegraph 
• Thousands of young British women 'have needless operations to remove their appendix' Mail Online